Dough dropper



H. PODOLSKY DOUGH DROPPER Filed Jan. 24, 1922 ll-N.

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ENB/Y PODOLSKY, Oli' SAN FRANCISO, CALIFORNIA. i

' DOUGH DROPPER. `"3"` j. application filed January24, 1922. SerialNo.l 531.368.

To @ZZ 207mm :it may concern.: f present invention for the purpose of holding Be it known. that I, HENRY PoDoLsKY, a the dropping mechanism in place. citizen of the llnited States, residing at San y The dropping mechanism consists n of a 50 Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, `channel'loar 4. This bar has its end rolled State of California. have invented a new over a tlatflinl' as shown at 6. At the cenand useful Dough Dropper, of which the ter it has a bearing 7 riveted thereto, while following is a specification in such full and at its oppositeend itfhas an L-shaped hook c clear terms as will enable those skilled in the 8 withk a threaded shanle 9. which vthreaded. 55 art to construct and use the same. shank carries a wing nut 10.

10 This invention relates to a vdropper for The valve consists oi' a ball 11 on the end dropping pancake dough or other material of the valve stem l2. The valve stem passes of that kind in small quantities, andan obthrough the bearing 7 and it has a` pin 13 ject of the invention is to provide a device which entends through the slots in one end 60 which may be detachably applied to the pan of the lifting lever 14.

i5 used for carrying the dough in order that The lever 14 is pivotally mounted at 15 on the dough dropping mechanism may be rethe bar 4. kThe back end of the lever 14 is moved 'from the pan whenever it is desired extended to convenient position for the to clean the same. y, use of the operator when he grasps the .han-` 65 `lt will also be observed that it is an addie 2. and a spiral spring l5 causes the vantage to have the dropping mechanism re- Avalve to rbe normally held in the positionmovable since should the pan wear out or f shown in Figure l with sufficient lorce to become destroyed. the dropping mechanism prevent leakage.

may be applied to other pans by simply mal@ The device is applied to the sauce-pan yby 70 in;l a. hole in the bottom of the pan to replacingthe ring 5 over the handle and `then ceive the valve. tightening the hook 8 against the rolled rim Other objects of the invention will appear ot the pan; In use the batter or other maas the description proceeds. 1 terial isplaced in the pan, and the valve 1l ...fin embodiment of the invention is shown is llifted from time to time as separate quan 75 in the accompanying drawings in which the tities of dough are to be dropped 'from the so same reference numeral is applied to the pan. f

same portion throughout, but l am aware `What l claim is as follows, but various that there may be modifications thereof. modifications may be made in the construc- Fig. l is a side elevation ofthe pan to tion shown in the drawings and above par 80 y which the dropper is applied. a'portion of ticularlyv described form, within the purthe pan being` Cut. away and the dropper View oit my invention.

being shown in section to improve the illusln a dough dropper a. handled receptacle, tration. a cross bar having a link at one end to pass Fig. 2 is a plan view of the pan and dropover the handle Land having a hook' at the 85v ping device. other end yto secure the cross bar t0. the re- 40 Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the ceptacle. a valve carried by the cross bar to bar carrying` the droppingfdevice, and close an Lopening in the bottom of 'the re- F ig. 4 is a side elevation of thevalve alone ceptacle7 and a lever for raisingthe valve removed from the dropping mechanism. from time to time. 90

The numeral l indicates an ordinary form In testimonywhereof l have hereunto setvv of pan which has a handle 2. Such pans are my hand .this 14th day of January A. D.

usually provided with a rolled edge at 3, 1922. f

which rolled edge is made use of in the HENRYPODOLSKY. 

